1 Kings 17:17-24
1599 Geneva Bible
17 ¶ And after these things, the son of the wife of the house fell sick, and his sickness was so sore, [a]that there was no [b]breath left in him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son: and he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
20 Then he called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou [c]punished also this widow, with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
22 Then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother, and Elijah said, Behold, thy son liveth.
24 And the woman said unto Elijah, Now [d]I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true.
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- 1 Kings 17:17 Or, that he died.
- 1 Kings 17:17 God would try whether she had learned by his merciful providence to make him her only stay and comfort.
- 1 Kings 17:20 He was afraid lest God’s name should have been blasphemed and his ministers contemned, except he should have continued his mercies as he had begun them, specially while he there remained.
- 1 Kings 17:24 So hard a thing it is to depend on God, except we be confirmed by miracles.
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